… 400 years old) cultivar features doubled flowers, the amount of doubling varying from year to year. Its' origin is shrouded in mystery having appeared on the English gardening scene in the 1600's. Some years it resembles a golden powderpuff only to appear the following year as a hose-in-hose, split cup or some intermediate form between the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Texas Scarlet is a clump-forming shrub that produces showy watermelon-red flowers in the spring that are attractive to butterflies. It reaches a maximum height of 4 feet under full sun to partial shade with moderate moisture conditions. The plant is ideal as a specimen or as a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… After periodic deluges that leave the Midwest struggling to dry out, it may seem unnecessary to think about the importance of watering wisely and efficiently. But it's not unusual for one … disease and insect problems. Keeping an eye on a rain gauge in your own backyard “ecosystem” is an important step to keeping your carbon-absorbing, oxygen-producing plants both healthy and …
Type: Plant Info
… The dwarf Arctic birch is a low rounded shrub native to the northern latitudes of North America, Europe and Asia. Its … ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch trees refer to the color of the bark -- white, gray, yellow or red. Another signature bark characteristic is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Compacta is a female cultivar of the native inkberry, growing to 4 feet high and 6 feet wide. While … morning sun and afternoon shade. Inkberries are dioecious, so a male pollinator is required to produce fruit. Birds love the black berries that mature in the fall and are held on the plant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This silvery plant that does not bear flowers has long, lacy leaves and is used solely for its foliage. Use it to give nice color to the garden bed. One of the more refined artemisias, Powis Castle sage has leaves like a soft …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hornbeam is an excellent landscape tree and, due to its dwarf narrow shape, dwarf columnar hornbeam fits … garden. It is a slow-growing upright deciduous tree with dense, compact foliage that grows to 4 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide and prefers full sun to part shade. Its small green leaves …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to North America, pink turtlehead attains heights of 2 to 3 feet. It is naturalized in moist areas or in the back of the perennial border. About an inch …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Primrose-yellow single flowers are produced from June to mid-October on this deciduous shrub to about 3 feet in size. Plant 'Primrose Beauty' in full sun and in moderately to well- drained … the older woody stems every couple of years to encourage greater flower production. This shrub is butterfly and hummingbird friendly, but deer don't care for the taste of the leaves. It is not …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flowers with lime throats. The large 6 inch flowers appear late in the season. This is a stunning addition to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and several stalks on each plant. The buds open in series, so a single plant will continue to bloom for 2 weeks or more. It is easy to grow and does well in full sun to part shade. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
